''The Stuntmen'' is a one-hour documentary for Australian TV written and directed by

Brian Trenchard-Smith Brian Medwin Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English-Australian filmmaker and author, known for his idiosyncratic and satirical low-budget genre films. His filmography covers action, science fiction, martial arts, dystopian fiction, comedy, w ...

. It won Best Documentary at the 1973 Australian Film Awards. It was through this film that Trenchard-Smith met

Grant Page Grant Page (born 1939) is an Australian stuntman who worked mostly during the seventies and eighties. Page was the stunt coordinator for the popular Australian action movies ''The Man from Hong Kong'' (1975) and ''Mad Max'' (1979), as well as othe ...

, who he put under a five-year contract and featured in a number of films. The film also acted as a "calling card" which enabled the director to get finance for ''

The Man from Hong Kong ''The Man from Hong Kong'' (), originally released in the US as ''The Dragon Flies'', is a 1975 action film written and directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith in his directorial debut and starring Jimmy Wang Yu and George Lazenby, with Hugh Keays-B ...

'' (1975).'INTERVIEW: DIRECTOR BRIAN TRENCHARD-SMITH (NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 2)', ''Joblo'' 5 August 2011
accessed 21 October 2012

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* Australian documentary television films 1973 television films 1973 films Films directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith 1970s English-language films {{documentary-tv-film-stub